The Naval Chronicle, Volumen2Contains a general and biographical history of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects, under the guidance of several literary and professional men. |
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... whose exertions , though highly beneficial to the period in which they
appeared , are at present by no means sufficiently remembered : our Memoirs of
Lord Hood ; of the late Admiral Sir Charles Knowles's services in Russia , and of
the late ...
... whose exertions , though highly beneficial to the period in which they
appeared , are at present by no means sufficiently remembered : our Memoirs of
Lord Hood ; of the late Admiral Sir Charles Knowles's services in Russia , and of
the late ...
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With an impetuosity peculiar to their nature , our countrymen too frequently are
led to decide from the impulse of the moment ; forgetting , as Dr. Johnson so
justly observes in his Life of Sir Francis Drake , “ that a man by nature superior to
mean ...
With an impetuosity peculiar to their nature , our countrymen too frequently are
led to decide from the impulse of the moment ; forgetting , as Dr. Johnson so
justly observes in his Life of Sir Francis Drake , “ that a man by nature superior to
mean ...
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I made every appearance of an attack , which drew the Comte de Grasse a little
from the shore ; and as I thought I had a fair prospect of gaining the an . chorage
he left , and well knowing it was the only means I had of saving the island , if it ...
I made every appearance of an attack , which drew the Comte de Grasse a little
from the shore ; and as I thought I had a fair prospect of gaining the an . chorage
he left , and well knowing it was the only means I had of saving the island , if it ...
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The army of the coalesced powers never exceeded 12,000 , and even these
were composed of five different nations , and languages ; consequently by no
means formed to co - operate with each other . The greatest return of the British
force ...
The army of the coalesced powers never exceeded 12,000 , and even these
were composed of five different nations , and languages ; consequently by no
means formed to co - operate with each other . The greatest return of the British
force ...
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The right occupied by the Spaniards soon gave way as before , by which means
the French entered the works , and got entire possession of the Height : at the
same time they attacked and carried the Heights of Pharon , immediately over ...
The right occupied by the Spaniards soon gave way as before , by which means
the French entered the works , and got entire possession of the Height : at the
same time they attacked and carried the Heights of Pharon , immediately over ...
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Página 329 - Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon—" The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon. The bride hath paced into the hall, Red as a rose is she; Nodding their heads before her goes The merry minstrelsy.
Página 419 - I looked to heaven, and tried to pray; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust.
Página 330 - Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around; It cracked and growled, and roared and howled. Like noises in a swound!
Página 419 - The cold sweat melted from their limbs, Nor rot nor reek did they: The look with which they looked on me Had never passed away. An orphan's curse would drag to hell A spirit from on high; But oh! more horrible than that Is the curse in a dead man's eye! Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse, And yet I could not die.
Página 330 - It ate the food it ne'er had eat, And round and round it flew. The ice did split with a thunder-fit; The helmsman steered us through! And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariners
Página 372 - Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition : By that sin fell the angels; how can man, then, The image of his Maker, hope to win by it ? Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty.
Página 420 - O happy living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare: A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware: Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And I blessed them unaware.
Página 231 - To all you ladies now at land We men at sea indite; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write: The Muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you — With a fa, la, la, la, la.
Página 232 - Should foggy Opdam chance to know, Our sad and dismal story, The Dutch would scorn so weak a foe, And quit their fort at Goree : For what resistance can they find From men who've left their hearts behind? With a fa la, la la, la la.
Página 16 - And, reassembling our afflicted Powers, Consult how we may henceforth most offend Our Enemy ; our own loss how repair ; How overcome this dire calamity ; What reinforcement we may gain from hope ; If not, what resolution from despair.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Naval Chronicle, Volumen2 |
| Editores | James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones |
| Editor | J. Gold, 1799 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 8 Jun. 2007 |
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